单词 | enclinant |
释义 | † enclinantadj. Obsolete. Favourably disposed to someone or something; ready or willing to do something. More generally: that has a tendency to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way. Chiefly with to or infinitive. Cf. inclining adj. 2.In quot. a1450 perhaps with the sense ‘submissive; subject’ (cf. enclin adj. 2), but the precise meaning is unclear. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] tholemodec1000 bowinga1340 subjectc1384 enclinant1400 yoldena1413 subjective1417 prostratec1425 obtemperate?a1475 subjected1550 subject-like1553 submiss1570 submissive1572 yielding1578 obnoxious1591 subordinate1594 subjectly1596 yieldable1603 dejective1611 passive1616 awebound1631 succumbent1647 resigning1648 complaisant1676 ovine1676 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined set13.. tendenta1340 disposedc1380 enclinant1400 inclining?c1400 inclinedc1405 prone1408 hieldingc1480 talenteda1500 inclinablea1513 prone1528 propense1528 minded1529 propensed1530 ready1533 proclivec1540 fit1574 tending to1578 forward1581 minded1588 propensive1599 intense1620 propendenta1646 propended1693 calculated1723 oriented1925 prone1926 turned1931 orientated1964 1400 in F. C. Hingeston Royal & Hist. Lett. Reign Henry IV (1860) I. 37 For thy sake, or for any of thyn enclinant to the, or any of hem that ben the Kinges trewe liege men. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. xxxii. 22 This puple..is enclynaunt [L. pronus] to yuel. ?a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Claud.) (1850) Prov. xxii. 9 Enclinaunt [glossed] ether redi [c1450 Bodl. 277 enclynaunt [glossed] or bowith; L. pronus]. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 5320 Of þritty reomes euery kynge Were enclinaunt til his coronyng. a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 8612 (MED) Therfore God wol that alle waye we to pray to hom [sc. the saints] bien enclinawnt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1400 |
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